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Israeli forces kill four Palestinians in West Bank, Palestinian health authorities say

Smoke rises as the Israeli army demolishes a Palestinian house, in Dura, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank

Tammun, West Bank. Israeli forces killed four Palestinians, including a mother, father and two children, as they drove on Sunday, Palestinian health authorities said. The Israeli military said it was looking into the reports.


Family killed in Tammun, authorities say

Palestinian health authorities said a mother and father, ages 35 and 37, and two of their children, ages 5 and 7, were shot in the head in the village of Tammun. They said two other children in the family sustained injuries.

Israeli military response

The Israeli military said it was looking into the reports.

Additional death reported in settler attack

The Palestinian Health Ministry said one Palestinian was killed in an attack by settlers overnight.

Rights groups cite movement curbs and delayed medical access

Rights groups and medics said Israeli settlers in the West Bank were taking advantage of curbs on movement imposed during the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran to attack Palestinians, with military roadblocks preventing ambulances from reaching victims quickly.

Casualty figures since start of Iran war

Settlers have killed at least five Palestinians in the West Bank since the Iran war began on February 28, according to the Palestinian health ministry.


How do you assess the impact of movement restrictions on emergency medical response in the West Bank?

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